10. November 2013  
Arques, France  
Sport Aerobics

8. AEROBIC- European Championships 2013 finished

The 8th European Championships of Aerobic Gymnastics 2013 (Seniors &Juniors and Test Event in Aerobic Step and Aerobic Dance) took place from Thursday, November 08 to Sunday, Nov 10 in the Gymnastics complex of Arques, in France.
Nearly 250 elite and junior aerobic gymnasts representing 22 European countries participated at these Europeans in the Northern French City of Arques.
The first titel of these Europeans in the category Elite Teams went to Romania, followed by Russia on silver rank and Italy, winning the bronze medal on Saturday...

At the end with each two gold resp. silver medals Romania is the top nation again in the aerobic gymnastics, where done an extraordinary job in its country, an effective link between the artistic gymnastics base and possible continuation establish performance sponsored sporting careers.
Russia ranked second on the list of successes fought a complete set of medals (gold in the mix-category together with Romania).
Each a title goes to France (2 bronze), in Italy (1 bronze) and to Spain.
In addition to Austria's silver medal by Lubov Gazov  Hungary with 1 bronze medal is one of 7 nations, winning medals in Arques.
 

Elite Final Day of these Aerobic Europeans 2013
- published by U E G website
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* WOMEN's Individual
The top 8 individual gymnasts lined up and it is the French Aurélie JOLY that takes to the floor first heating up the atmosphere in the Complexe Gymnique in Arques.
The Hungarian Dora HEGYI, qualified in second position, obtains the score of 21.400 and takes the lead of the competition but not for long as the Austrian Lubov GAZOV, 4th qualifier, outscores her with a nice 21.450. The Romanian Oana Corina CONSTANTIN is at that moment still the bronze medallist, knowing however that the Spanish Sara MORENO, favourite in this category, is the second last to pass.
In fact, with 0.050 points more than the Austrian, she takes home the title scoring 21.500.
SENIORS
INDIVIDUAL WOMEN
1- Sara MORENO ESP – 21.500
2- Lubov GAZOV AUT – 21.450
3- Dora HEGYI HUN – 21.400
 
** MEN's Individual
It is now up to the individual men to battle out their final. The first to line up is the Russian Alexander KONDRATICHEV who was yesterday’s third qualifier.
2 French, 2 Italians and 2 Romanians are contesting this final. Riccardo PENTASSUGLIA/ITA, top qualifier, confirms his supremacy with a fantastic 21.950. He is followed by Mircea ZAMFIR (ROU) who tops his score of 0.100 points receiving a 21.550 and the silver medal. The bronze medal goes to the French Benjamin GARAVEL (21.350), leaving the Russian (third qualifier) on the disappointing foot of the podium.

INDIVIDUAL MEN
1- Riccardo PENTASSUGLIA ITA – 21.950
2- Mircea ZAMFIR ROU – 21.550
3- Benjamin GARAVEL FRA – 21.350
 
** MIXED PAIRS
Let’s see how the podium of the Mixed Pairs will be. The results are slightly different than those obtained during the qualifications. In fact, the scores starting from zero, the duos gave everything again in this afternoon’s final and the suspense was high until the final podium was battled out.
Without surprise, the Russian Duo composed by D. DZHANAZYAN and D. SOLOVIEV take home the European title with the score of 21.250 but shares the rank with M. B. BECZE and M. C. PETRUSE from Romania. 
The surprise came however from the Italians M. CASTOLDI and D. DONATI, 5th qualifiers, who manage to climb on the third step of the podium. The French A. JOLY and B. GARAVEL end up at the foot of the podium despite a nice improvement compared to the qualifications.
 
DUOS MIXTES
1- RUS 1 – 21.250
1- ROU 2 – 21.250
3- ITA 2 – 21.150
 
* T R I O S
The crowd here in Arques is enthusiastic and the Complexe is vibrating. The final of the Trio and Groups is yet to come…
The Romanian Trio already in the lead of the preliminaries improves its score by 0.200 points and secures its first rank and the European title of the category.
While it was the French and the Russian that occupied the provisional podium after the qualifications, in that same order, it is finally the Russian Trio that outscores the French winning the silver medal and leaving the bronze to the French.
TRIOS
1- ROU 1 – 21.555
2- RUS 2 – 21.405
3- FRA 1 – 21.250
 
** G R O U P S
The Russian group, top qualifier and second one to pass, takes the lead of this final with a nice 21.066. They keep this rank until the passage of the French, who, carried by the loud cheering of their home crowd present an absolute crowd-pleaser earning a fantastic 21.550 and the European title.
The Romanians, who were the last once to show their performance (second qualifier), manage a flawless routine winning the silver medal.
* GROUPS
1- FRA 1 – 21.550
2- ROU 1 – 21.438
3- RUS 2 – 21.066

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